Which Car Charger?
Choosing your car charger in important!
Put in simple terms you have 2 choices, adaptive or constant, other features are a bonus. This relates to the maximum output of your car charger.
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Constant Car Charger
Limited steady supply of power to your car, Tesla Chargers etc
Meaning the charger will need to be set lower than its maximum output as to not trip your home supply or blow service fuses on the network leaving you in the dark.
This is because most homes cannot support the high current required while maintaining enough supply for the home appliances. -
Adaptive Car Charger
Changers that change the amount of power going to your car depending on how much power your using in your home.
This is an advantage as you cosume less energy in the home, more power will allow fast charging to your car. Not as fast as a super charger, but more power than a limited supply. -
Solar Car chargers
Divert power from your solar system to your car allowing for 100% clean energy FREE from the sun. This is important even if you commute to work during the day.
Simply by changing your habbits and charging your car over the weekend or home in the early afternoons in summer you can capture your solar energy and charge your car. -
Vehicle to Grid
Vehicle to grid or bi-directional charging is coming, and it will change our relationship with our humble car forever.
This simple and effective car charger will allow for power to flow to and from the vehicle giving you access to the cars battery storage to power your home.
MG ZS EV Charge Times
- Charge Cable - Type 2
- General powerpoint Charger 30hrs
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7kw Car Charger can charge your car in approx 6hrs
(single Phase supply) -
22kw Car Charger takes about 2.5hrs
(Must have 3phase power supply to your home) - DC Public chargers (Fast Chargers) can charge your car upto 80% in 45min